also called A

coined the phrase 15 minutes of fame, which refers to the fleeting condition of celebrity that attaches to an object of media attention, then passes to some new object as soon as the public's attention span is exhausted

GABA receptor-associated protein-like 2, also known as GABARAPL2, is a human gene

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a Single A in Man, West Virginia

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short for Colonia Iulia emona, was a Roman castrum founded in 14/15 AD, possibly by the XV Legio Apollinaris (theory proposed by the noted historian and epigraphy expert Balduin Saria), on a territory already populated by ancient settlers of uncertai

(A), also called atomic mass number or nucleon number, is the total number of protons and neutrons (together known as nucleons) in an atomic nucleus

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a purine with a variety of roles in biochemistry including cellular respiration, in the form of both the energy-rich adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and the cofactors nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) and flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD), and pro

written by Grace Hopper in 1951 and 1952 for the UNIVAC I, was the first compiler ever developed for an electronic computer

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an array programming language, a dialect of APL with aggressive extensions. Arthur Whitney developed the "A" portion of A+, while other developers at Morgan Stanley extended it, adding a graphical user interface and other language features

is a measurement and instrument company headquartered in Santa Clara, California

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an album by Jethro Tull

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any battery used to provide power to the filament of a vacuum tube

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one form of the Latin noun meaning year, not a form normally used for derivatives in modern languages: the accusative singular of the second declension masculine noun annus (nominative), anni (genitive singular and nominative plural)

(WCAG) are part of a series of Web accessibility guidelines published by the W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative

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While anarchists have historically largely denied the importance of symbols to political movement, anarchists have embraced certain symbols for their cause, including most prominently the circle-A and the black flag

(WCAG) are part of a series of Web accessibility guidelines published by the W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative

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Groove recordings, first designed in the final quarter of the 19th century, held a predominant position for an impressive amount of time—just about a century—withstanding competition from reel-to-reel tape, the 8-track cartridge and the compact c